Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 27
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1And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
2“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When a man separates a vow, by your evaluation of lives unto יהוה,
3when your evaluation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your evaluation shall be fifty sheqels of silver, according to the sheqel of the set-apart place.
4‘And if it is a female, then your evaluation shall be thirty sheqels;
5and if from five years old up to twenty years old, then your evaluation for a male shall be twenty sheqels, and for a female ten sheqels;
6and if from a new moon#Or a month. old up to five years old, then your evaluation for a male shall be five sheqels of silver, and for a female your evaluation shall be three sheqels of silver;
7and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your evaluation shall be fifteen sheqels, and for a female ten sheqels.
8‘But if he is too poor to pay your evaluation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall set a value for him. According to the ability of him who vowed, the priest shall value him.
9‘And if it is a beast of which they bring an offering to יהוה, all such given to יהוה is set-apart.
10‘He is not to replace it or exchange it, good for spoilt or spoilt for good. And if he at all exchanges beast for beast, then both it and the one exchanged for it is set-apart.
11‘And if it is any unclean beast of which they do not bring an offering to יהוה, then he shall present the beast before the priest;
12and the priest shall value it, whether it is good or spoilt. According to your evaluation, O priest, so it shall be.
13‘But if he indeed redeems it, then he shall add one-fifth to your evaluation.
14‘And when a man sets his house apart, to be set-apart to יהוה, then the priest shall value it, whether it is good or spoilt. As the priest values it, so it stands.
15‘And if he who sets it apart does redeem his house, then he shall add one-fifth of the silver of your evaluation to it, and it shall be his.
16‘And if a man sets apart to יהוה a field he owns, then your evaluation shall be according to the seed for it – a ḥomer of barley seed at fifty sheqels of silver.
17‘If he sets his field apart from the Year of Yoḇel, according to your evaluation it stands.
18‘But if he sets his field apart after the Yoḇel, then the priest shall reckon to him the silver due according to the years that remain till the Year of Yoḇel, and it shall be deducted from your evaluation.
19‘And if he who sets the field apart ever wishes to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of the silver of your evaluation to it, and it shall be his.
20‘And if he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it is no longer redeemed,
21but the field, when it is released in the Yoḇel, is set-apart to יהוה as a dedicated field, to be the possession of the priest.
22‘And if a man sets apart to יהוה a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession,
23then the priest shall reckon to him the amount of your evaluation, up to the Year of Yoḇel, and he shall give your evaluation on that day, set-apart to יהוה.
24‘In the Year of Yoḇel the field returns to him from whom he bought it, to him whose is the possession of the land.
25‘And all your evaluations are to be according to the sheqel of the set-apart place: twenty gĕrahs to the sheqel.
26‘However, a first-born of the beasts, which is first-born to יהוה, no man sets it apart – whether bull or sheep, it belongs to יהוה.
27‘And if among the unclean beasts, then he shall ransom it according to your evaluation, and shall add one-fifth to it. And if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your evaluation.
28‘However, whatever a man lays under ban for יהוה of all that he has, man and beast, or the field of his possession, is not sold or redeemed. Whatever is laid under ban is most set-apart to יהוה.
29‘No one under the ban, under the ban among men, is ransomed, but shall certainly be put to death.
30‘And all the tithe of the land – of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree – belongs to יהוה. It is set-apart to יהוה.
31‘If a man indeed redeems any of his tithes, he adds one-fifth to it.
32‘And the entire tithe of the herd and of the flock, all that passes under the rod, the tenth one is set-apart to יהוה.
33‘He does not inquire whether it is good or spoilt, nor does he exchange it. And if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it are set-apart, it is not redeemed.’ ”
34These are the commands which יהוה commanded Mosheh for the children of Yisra’ĕl on Mount Sinai.
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Leviticus 27
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Promises Are Important
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Tell the Israelites: You might promise to give someone to the Lord as a servant. The priest must set a price for that person. 3The price for a man from 20 to 60 years old is 50 shekels#27:3 shekel 2/5 of an ounce (11.5 g). Also in verse 16. of silver. (You must use the official measure for the silver.) 4The price for a woman who is 20 to 60 years old is 30 shekels. 5The price for a man from 5 to 20 years old is 20 shekels. For a woman the price is 10 shekels. 6The price for a boy from one month to five years old is 5 shekels. For a girl, the price is 3 shekels. 7The price for a man who is 60 years old or older is 15 shekels. The price for a woman is 10 shekels.
8“If anyone is too poor to pay the price, bring that person to the priest. The priest will decide how much money the person can afford to pay.
Gifts to the Lord
9“You might promise to give an animal to the Lord. If it is a clean animal—one that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord—then the animal you bring will become holy. 10You must not put any other animal in its place. Don’t try to trade a good animal for a bad one or a bad animal for a good one. If you try to change animals, both animals will become holy—they will both belong to the Lord.
11“The animal you promised might be one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord. If you promised one of these unclean animals, you must bring it to the priest. 12The priest will decide a price for that animal. It doesn’t make any difference if the animal is good or bad. If the priest decides on a price, that is the price for the animal. 13If you want to buy back the animal,#27:13 buy back the animal See Ex. 13:1-16 for the laws about giving to God or “buying back” firstborn children or animals. then you must add one-fifth to the price.
The Value of a House
14“If you dedicate your house as holy to the Lord, the priest must decide its price. It doesn’t make any difference if the house is good or bad. If the priest decides on a price, that is the price for the house. 15But if you want to get the house back, you must add one-fifth to the price. Then you will get the house back.
The Value of a Field
16“You might dedicate a field to the Lord. The value of this field will depend on how much seed is needed to plant it. It will be 50 shekels of silver for each homer#27:16 homer A measure equal to about 7 bushels or about 60 gallons (220 l). of barley seed. 17If you give your field to God during the year of Jubilee, then its value will be whatever the priest decides. 18But if you give your field after the Jubilee, the priest must decide its exact price. He must count the number of years to the next year of Jubilee and use that number to decide the price. 19If you want to buy the field back, you must add one-fifth to that price. Then you will get the field back. 20If you don’t buy the field back and the land is sold to someone else, you cannot get the land back. 21If you don’t buy the land back by the year of Jubilee, the field will remain holy to the Lord—it will belong to the priest forever. It will be treated like any other thing that was given completely to the Lord.
22“If you dedicate a field to the Lord that you had bought, and it is not a part of your family’s property,#27:22 family’s property In ancient Israel, land was given by God to the family, not the individual. Usually it could not be sold, only leased for up to 50 years. 23then the priest must count the years to the year of Jubilee and decide the price for the land. Then that land will belong to the Lord. 24At the year of Jubilee, the land will go to the family that originally owned the land.
25“You must use the official measure in paying these prices. The shekel by that measure weighs 20 gerahs.#27:25 gerahs 1/50 of an ounce (.6 g).
Value of Animals
26“You can give cattle and sheep as special gifts to the Lord. But if the animal is the firstborn, it already belongs to the Lord. So you cannot give these animals as special gifts. 27If the firstborn animal is an unclean animal, you must buy back that animal. The priest will decide the price of the animal, and you must add one-fifth to that price. If you don’t buy that animal back, the priest will sell the animal for whatever price he decides.
Special Gifts
28“There is a special kind of gift#27:28 special kind of gift This usually means things taken in war. These things (gifts) belonged only to the Lord, so they could not be used for anything else. that people give to the Lord. It belongs only to him, and it cannot be bought back or sold. This gift belongs to the Lord. This type of gift includes people, animals, and fields from the family property. 29If this gift is a person, that person cannot be bought back. That person must be killed.
30“A tenth of all crops belongs to the Lord. This means the crops from fields and the fruit from trees—a tenth belongs to the Lord. 31So if you want to get back your tenth, you must add one-fifth to its price and then buy it back.
32“The priests will take every tenth animal from a person’s cattle or sheep. Every tenth animal will belong to the Lord. 33The owner should not worry if the chosen animal is good or bad or change the animal for another animal. If this happens, both animals will belong to the Lord. That animal cannot be bought back.”
34These are the commands that the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites.
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